Individual film directors, film-makers books

Brad Stevens has subjected Abel Ferrara's artistic output to exhaustive analysis and discovered a tender heart beating...  Read More >>

Alice Guy Blache (1873-1968) directed 400 films between 1896 and 1920, produced hundreds more and ran her own studio....  Read More >>

Hollywood film directors are some of the world's most powerful storytellers, shaping the fantasies and aspirations...  Read More >>

Alice Guy Blache (1873-1968) directed 400 films between 1896 and 1920, produced hundreds more and ran her own studio....  Read More >>

Woody Allen: Neurotic. Jewish. Funny. Inept. Loser. A man with problems. Or so you would think from the characters...  Read More >>

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The only English-language study of Bunuel's Mexican films, this book is the first to explore a significant but neglected...  Read More >>

Demonstrating how the Jewish experience gives rise to an intimately linked series of issues in Jewish filmmakers...  Read More >>

A comprehensive reference work; useful for any film buff.  Read More >>

Wlodzimierz Staniewski's group ""Gardzienice Theatre"" has established an unparalleled reputation for a sensual...  Read More >>

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Beautifully illustrated and featuring articles from many of Asch's friends, colleagues, and collaborators as well...  Read More >>

In his bold new study of the career of one of filmmaking's premier directors, author James M. Vest traces two intertwining...  Read More >>

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This study explores the aesthetic of Poe and Hitchcock in terms of a set of common obsessions, techniques and genres....  Read More >>

This is a timely re-assessment by international scholars of the great Polish film director who received an Oscar...  Read More >>

A detailed look at the work of Russias most popular film director.  Read More >>

Investigates what made El'dar Riazanov's films so popular and what relationship that popularity had to Soviet policy....  Read More >>

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This is a timely re-assessment by international scholars of the great Polish film director who received an Oscar...  Read More >>

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This fascinating collection covers his conversations about his live and his works over a period of forty years....  Read More >>

Despite overwhelming acclaim for his work, director Terrence Malick remains an under-examined figure of an era of...  Read More >>